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I guess I’ve always been a bit of a worry wart. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” is truly the phrase that rings most often in my head when I think of my mother.

 There’s bones in the graveyard

There’s  villain in my head

This dark path makes me breathe hard

Little eyes are beamin’ red

What if we don’t make it?

What if we can’t take it anymore?

The Screech of a barn owl

Hair is standing up on end

Stench and it’s so fowl

with fear I cannot comprehend

What if we don’t make it?

What if we can’t take it anymore?

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,

My momma always said

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,

Don’t let it get to your head

What did I just stumble over–

Will there be more of that ahead?

Something just brushed against my pants leg

I wish that I were home in bed!

What if we don’t make it?

What if we can’t take it anymore?

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,

My momma always said

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,

Don’t let it get to your head

We cannot add more minutes

We cannot add more life

Let’s not replace what’s in it

With agony and strife

Words and Music: Holly Kirsten April 2020

Slammed shut, stuck in a rut

I try to pull through but my line’s been cut

What am I supposed to do?

Stand still, losing my will

Trying to push this weight uphill

What am I supposed to do?

I need a cool breeze, a cool breeze

I need a deep blue sea

I need the sunshine to surround me

I need the tall trees, the tall trees

I need serenity

I need the scene that brings my peace

Stop lights, lefts and rights

My wings are clipped and I can’t take flight

What am I supposed to do?

Up, down, and turned around

Running in circles and losing ground

What am I supposed to do?

CH

Doesn’t matter what’s been going on

You can help me find my way

I find comfort, and I feel strong

You make my bad day go away

She is the cool breeze, the cool breeze

She is the deep blue sea

She is the sunshine that’s surrounding me

She is the tall trees, the tall trees

She is serenity

She is the scene that brings my peace

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Music and Lyrics: Holly Kirsten August 2019

Far away in a secluded place

High above the people loving face to face

He held her there under lock and key

Frightened at a moment’s notice she might flee

He told her secrets laced with praise

Promise if she left, it’d end his days

It’s not that she did not feel love; 

she wondered why he had to keep her high above, saying:

You cannot own another soul

Or keep a lover captive

Meanwhile below the people danced and played

Keeping with the promises they had made

To build and please, give love so true

Never knowing some were held with strings and glue

Sometimes he would come down to see

The riches of a life lived where a soul is free

He’d return home to find her there

Raging at the scent of others in his hair, he said:

You cannot own another soul

Or keep a lover captive

Hold onto lovers with a loose grip

One day, suspended in their castle high

She and he looked in the other’s eyes

Longing for joy and openness

They searched for ways to reinforce each other’s bliss

Their love renewed blew chains away

They flew from their high turrets into open space

They landed firm within the bonds below

Comfort, truth, and loyalty the seeds they sow

You cannot own another soul

Or keep a lover captive

Words and Music: Holly Kirsten April 2020

Key: Am

Burn me down slow

You’re a white hot coal

Melt sinnew and skin

‘Til you let yourself in

Burn me down slow

This unholy tension

Brand your intention

If I utter your name

Will you lap me in flames

This unholy tension

Words and Music by Holly Kirsten

February 2020